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INFJ Strengths and Weaknesses

INFJ Strengths

Creative – Combining a vivid imagination with a strong sense of compassion, INFJs use their creativity to resolve not technical challenges, but human ones. People with the INFJ personality type enjoy finding the perfect solution for someone they care about, and this strength makes them excellent counselors and advisors.

Insightful – Seeing through dishonesty and disingenuous motives, INFJs step past manipulation and sales tactics and into a more honest discussion. INFJs see how people and events are connected, and are able to use that insight to get to the heart of the matter.

Inspiring and Convincing – Speaking in human terms, not technical, INFJs have a fluid, inspirational writing style that appeals to the inner idealist in their audience. INFJs can even be astonishingly good orators, speaking with warmth and passion, if they are proud of what they are speaking for.

Decisive – Their creativity, insight and inspiration are able to have a real impact on the world, as INFJs are able to follow through on their ideas with conviction, willpower, and the planning necessary to see complex projects through to the end. INFJs don’t just see the way things ought to be, they act on those insights.

Determined and Passionate – When INFJs come to believe that something is important, they pursue that goal with a conviction and energy that can catch even their friends and loved ones off guard. INFJs will rock the boat if they have to, something not everyone likes to see, but their passion for their chosen cause is an inseparable part of their personality.

Altruistic – These strengths are used for good. INFJs have strong beliefs and take the actions that they do not because they are trying to advance themselves, but because they are trying to advance an idea that they truly believe will make the world a better place.

INFJ Weaknesses

Sensitive – When someone challenges or criticizes INFJs’ principles or values, they are likely to receive an alarmingly strong response. People with the INFJ personality type are highly vulnerable to criticism and conflict, and questioning their motives is the quickest way to their bad side.

Extremely Private – INFJs tend to present themselves as the culmination of an idea. This is partly because they believe in this idea, but also because INFJs are extremely private when it comes to their personal lives, using this image to keep themselves from having to truly open up, even to close friends. Trusting a new friend can be even more challenging for INFJs.

Perfectionistic – INFJs are all but defined by their pursuit of ideals. While this is a wonderful quality in many ways, an ideal situation is not always possible – in politics, in business, in romance – and INFJs too often drop or ignore healthy and productive situations and relationships, always believing there might be a better option down the road.

Always Need to Have a Cause – INFJs get so caught up in the passion of their pursuits that any of the cumbersome administrative or maintenance work that comes between them and the ideal they see on the horizon is deeply unwelcome. INFJs like to know that they are taking concrete steps towards their goals, and if routine tasks feel like they are getting in the way, or worse yet, there is no goal at all, they will feel restless and disappointed.

Can Burn Out Easily – Their passion, poor patience for routine maintenance, tendency to present themselves as an ideal, and extreme privacy tend to leave INFJs with few options for letting off steam. People with this personality type are likely to exhaust themselves in short order if they don’t find a way to balance their ideals with the realities of day-to-day living.

Wow. This is scary accurate. I'm only thirteen but this describes me 100%. I'm really sensitive, the littlest thing can set me off and I thought I was the only one ....

Kim

3 years ago

This right on and nice to know why I have felt so different.

Josephine

3 years ago

Wow. I looked at this for a school project, and even though I am only twelve and I know my personality has not fully matured, this describes me so perfectly, it's almost creepy.

Anonymous

3 years ago

I am 13 and this is so right. I AM very passionate about orangutans, and the part about being sensitive is so so true!

Si Hui

3 years ago

I'm just surprised at how accurate this is!! No wonder it's kind of hard for people to understand me at times...INFJ's make up just 1% of the population...

Jane Bender

3 years ago

"When INFJs come to believe that something is important, they pursue that goal with a conviction and energy that can catch even their friends and loved ones off guard. INFJs will rock the boat if they have to, something not everyone likes to see, but their passion for their chosen cause is an inseparable part of their personality."
So freakin true... For me personally, that 'goal' was usually something to do with a book. I have so many ideas to make books come alive... Including some Camp Half-Blood Camp Ideas... And I find myself depressed because they will never happen. Because I am fourteen and I live in a cruel loveless world. But I still dive deep into what I love "with a conviction and energy that can catch their friends and loved ones off guard."
I am alos logical though, when it DOESN'T come to someone's feelings, I am always the person with the "duh, brilliant" idea that most people skip over. I have found myself losing friends because of it though... Help?
And guys, the whole "decisive" thing? I'm pretty sure that meant ONCE you have made a decision, you aren't going to give up on something you believe in. You'll dive wholeheartedly into whatever you have chosen, and forget yourself in the process--one con to the whole thing.
I think I can deal with one con.
And honestly, to describe myself in five words, they would be Understanding, Passionate, Convincing, Creative,